Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07

rcckin III never forgit It 'ns IN tn
fall. n Ia same old sow told 70 bout
had six young pigs. She waz tn only
SOW n all that settlement, n father
took sight o. care nv her. They wuz
lots o. acorns in tn woods n father'd
turn her out n set US boys { watch her
SOS she wouldn't run of One day
me N Abe uz keepin' an eye on tn old
sow out piece from tn house by tn
side o. the path in tn woods-hadn't
no real roads. We know. All to once
we saw N Injun comm along tn path.
We hid; didn't know much about In
juns, but wuzn't goin' T. take emmy
chances, specially afore we wuz inter-
duced. He come along 'thout SEEM
us or tn old sow either, but all to once
one o. tn little pigs come swoopin'
down tn path N met tn Injun N
didn't have no more sense N e stop N
look up in his face. TIL Injun stopped,
too, N looked s If he'd met a stranger.
Purity soon he seemed Z make up his
mind 'twus young 'possum r some
thin o. tibet kind-he'd never heard NV
a pig in all his life-'n he'd catch
it. He spread out his blanket
kinder low like, N then made
big jump N throwed his blanket over.
it, It'd been rainin', N the path w
kinder slippery, N he jest sprawled
out full length over it, but he caught
fast. TIL pig squealed. O. course, N
the old sow-she w rootin' round be-
hind big tree not ten feet off-jest
come tearin' out It see what w the
matter. Don't s'pose she'd ever seen
N Injun afore, but it didn't make any
diffrunce. She made fer him full tilt,
her bristles all up N her eyes afiashin',
N gnashin' her teeth an agruntin' like
a hog does when it's awful mad. TIL
Injun got glimpse NV her over his
shoulder fore she had her big tusks in
his blanket, n begun champin' her
teeth in it N tearin' away at it like one
possessed. You never saw more sur
prised Teller in all yoW
born days. He jest ~ .
big grunt IN sed, Ugh, Big dew
liz N tried to roll over out O. her way.
But she he'd hold o. the blanket, N
kind o. pulled the other way, IN that
made it tighter round him n the pig,
too. n the pig squealed louder n ever,
n tn old sow jist hactully got frantic
after him. He got half way up when
she made another charge on him N al
most upset him, N, bein' he werz OH
the edge ov little bank, he jest tum-
blcd plum over backwards, n KEEP roll
in on down till he landed kerswash
into a deep hole in the little creek be-
low. His head went down first,
N heels stuck up straight in tn air. BY
that time he'd let loose O. tn pig, n tibet
stopped squealin' N run up tn bank to
its mother. She stopped when she see
it uz safe, n stood there snortin' N
a gruntin' N champn' her teeth for
mint after she trottcd back after
acorns n tn other pigs. Abe N med
been so excited over it all It we'd for
got t. keep hid, N by tn time tn Injun
got right side up N stood up in tn
water N looked after tn sow we wuz
standin' there in plain sight. It'd all
h"PPSiSu oo piaiucU iuiSh ho uiuh
seem t understan' it at first, N looked
so comical t we both laughed out loud.
That kinder seemed t bring him to his
senses IN he wuz the most embarrassed
Injun you ever saw He waded out, N
ez we seen he had no gun we didn't
feel much afraid, N so we waited for
him. He come up to us n finally
managed t make us know t he
thought it wuz only new breed O.
possum, ez I sed, N we got right
sociable fore long, IN took him home
N let him stand afore the fire IN dry off
N give him somethin' t eat He come
round often after that, but he never
went near tn pig-pen or tn old SOW"
why, grandpa" said Polly, "don't
Indians have pigsp"
mot one, Polly; not one-'xcept
themselves. They're pigs, least used
t think so after I got right well
acquainted with 'em." - Cincinnati
Enquirer.